\u2019n Skoolberader en een van haar leerders is \u2019n bewys dat jou omstandighede nie jou toekoms bepaal nie en dat harde werk jou tot op enige plek in die lewe kan bring.<\/p>\n
Felicity Fransman (57), \u2019n berader by Worcester Sekond\u00eare Skool (WSS), is onlangs vereer by die Kaapse Wynland-distriksmunisipaliteit se toekenningsgeleentheid vir uitnemende vroue. <\/p>\n
Di\u00e9 Worcesteriet is al bykans twee dekades by skole en jeugontwikkeling betrokke en bestuur boonop nog haar eie nie-winsgewende organisasie ook. Haar passie l\u00ea by die jeug en om ander te help, maar sy het dit beslis nie maklik gehad nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy passie brand vuurwarm vir ons jeug. Ek is gebore in Roodewal en weet watter uitdagings hier in die gemeenskap is. Ek self is deur dieselfde uitdagings. Ek het skool gelos en moes deur die lewe se gesukkel gaan om myself te vind. Ek kon uiteindelik op die ouderdom van 45 my matriek voltooi – dit terwyl ek vier kinders en \u2019n kleinkind gehad het.\u201d <\/p>\n
Fransman het oor die jare verskeie soorte gemeenskapswerk ook gedoen en was vir lank by Esselenpark Ho\u00ebrskool betrokke, maar het sowat vier jaar gelede betrokke geraak by \u2019n kursus wat fokus op berading. Sy moes ongelukkig di\u00e9 geleentheid eers opsy skuif.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy ma is gediagnoseer met kanker en ek wou haar bystaan. Toe, in 2020 het my ma Covid-19 opgedoen en sy is daaraan oorlede. Dieselfde oggend toe my ma oorlede is was ek ook in die hospitaal met Covid-19 opgeneem en was vir twee weke aan suurstof gekoppel,\u201d vertel sy verder.<\/p>\n
Fransman s\u00ea dat dit \u2019n moeilike tyd was, maar dat die Here haar deur dit gedra het. In Augustus verlede jaar het Fransman toe die geleentheid gekry om by WSS betrokke te raak. Sy s\u00ea dat hierdie geleentheid met rede oor haar pad gekom het.<\/p>\n
\u201cHier kan ek \u2019n verskil maak. Hier kan ek vir kinders meer oor my lewe ook vertel en hulle op \u2019n manier probeer inspireer om beter vir hulself te soek. Hier het ek dan ook \u2019n peer educators<\/em>-program gestig waar ek 24 leerders oplei om hul vriende en ander leerders in die skool te bemagtig met kennis. Hulle inspireer mekaar dan.\u201d<\/p>\n Dit is in hierdie program waar Fransman vir Jumark Lekhoro (17) ontmoet het. Lekhoro, \u2019n graad 11-leerder by WSS, is \u2019n jongman wat hard werk om sy droom na te jaag. Met \u2019n gemiddeld van 92%, is sy droom om \u2019n hartspesialis te word. <\/p>\n Lekhoro ry elke dag van sy huis in Zwelethemba af tot by die skool en weer terug. Terug by die huis moet hy soms na sy sibbe omsien, huis skoonmaak, kosmaak en dan nog tyd maak vir leer. Hierdie uitdagings stuit hom nie.<\/p>\n \u201cDit kan my breek. Dit kan vir my \u2019n rede wees om te s\u00ea ek wil nie meer nie en ek kan dan verval in slegte gewoontes of dan net opgee, maar ek gaan nie. Dis nie wie ek is nie. Dit is ook danksy mense soos juffrou Fransman wat ek die moed het om aan te gaan en my droom na te streef.\u201d <\/p>\n Lekhoro s\u00ea dat hy vir Fransman genomineer het vir die toekenning by die KWDM se verering vir vroue omdat sy hom inspireer.<\/p>\n \u201cSy s\u00ea dat ek dit kan doen. Sy glo in my en inspireer my. Soms as dinge te veel raak dan sal sy selfs dat ek by haar huis gaan oorslaap en daar is Wi-Fi wat beteken ek kan meer leer en beter vaar in my opdragte en studies.\u201d <\/p>\n Hy vertel verder hoe hy eendag op \u2019n uitreik saam met haar was en ‘n klompie bedl\u00eaende moeders gesien het. Hulle was vreeslik siek en hy het besef dat hulle wel gehelp kan word, maar dat die mediese kostes bloot net te duur is.<\/p>\n \u201cEk wil medies studeer en terugkom na my gemeenskap toe. Ek wil hier \u2019n verskil kom maak. My ouers en ek woon in \u2019n hok. As ek as die oudste kind nie iets met my lewe gaan doen nie, dan gaan my ouers vir ewig daar moet bly,\u201d vertel hy.<\/p>\n Lekhoro het die geleentheid verlede week saam met Fransman bygewoon en s\u00ea dat Fransman heel verbaas was oor haar wen.<\/p>\n \u201cSy was geskok. Haar foon was in haar hand met die aankondiging. Toe laat val sy haar foon en saam met dit val die trane. Ons het mekaar eers \u2019n drukkie gegee en toe gaan ek maar saam het haar op na die verhoog.\u201d<\/p>\n Fransman s\u00ea sy het so gebewe omdat sy dit nie verwag het nie.<\/p>\n \u201cMens verwag nie so iets nie. Ek is dankbaar vir dit. Baie dankbaar dat hy my genomineer het. Hy gaan nog soveel sukses in sy lewe bereik – ek weet dit. Ek is benoem as \u2019n fenomenale vrou, maar die eer kom aan my Vader eerstens toe, dan my fenomenale man en my fenomenale familie,\u201d s\u00ea sy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2019n Skoolberader en een van haar leerders is \u2019n bewys dat jou omstandighede nie jou toekoms bepaal nie en dat harde werk jou tot op enige plek in die lewe kan 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